For this “State of the ECS”, our Seismo-team will introduce themselves and tell about their ECS experience. Happy reading!
Greetings! I’m Adam and by a twist in the timestream in Vienna in 2024 I ended up as the Editor-in-Chief of a blog of the Seismology ECS division (yes, this one). If your (or your colleague’s) research touches on any aspect of Seismology or related fields, please reach out!
My background is diverse, from Astronomy (Accretion disks, Relativistic jets and close binaries!) bachelor in Nuclear Physics (been to Chernobyl and working on Positron Tomography). On my doctorate I focused on Tidal Analysis being part of Seismology group in Karlsruhe. Now I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, mainly being highly involved in two projects on Quantum Gravimetry. One is Equip-G – European quantum gravimetry project, which allowed me to perform field measurements with such instrument in remote Arctic conditions – first time ever, and it succeeded! Another one tries to asses the influence of seismicity on the measurements of Absolute Quantum Gravimeter.
While for field trips I try to pack my road bike, I mainly enjoy all kind of ski-sports, hiking, and shooting sports. Moreover, I’m a wine enthusiast!
And recently I’m annoying people with asking them to contribute to the blog!
Writing about your work is fun, believe me!
Hi there! My name is Ana and I’m currently the ECS Seismology Representative 😀 I started this role in 2025 and will continue at least until EGU 2027, when I’ll probably hand over to the next lucky person. Could be you! I’ll definitely stick around as a team member though, it’s too fun to leave 🙂 So if you’re interested, don’t hesitate to reach out, we’re always looking for more people. And don’t forget to follow our Instagram!
At the moment I’m based as a Post-Doc in Grenoble at the Institute for Environmental Geosciences (IGE). My research focuses on seismology on Greenlandic glaciers, and I’m lucky enough to collect my own data out there too! This year I got to spend another 3 weeks at a camp on the ice, an amazing experience again, despite the permanently cold toes.
Outside of glacier research, you’ll usually find me in the mountains on weekends, skiing, hiking, trail running, or cycling. But I also love being an absolute couch potato.
The General Assembly, EGU26, was a blast again. We met so many amazing people and talked to loads of early career scientists! We also brought back our Seismology 101 course after a one-year hiatus, which was a huge success. All in all, we’re looking forward to welcoming even more new people to our team and having an even bigger presence at EGU27!
Hello everyone, my name is David and I work at the Lisbon Higher Institute of Engineering (ISEL), specialising in OBS data and DAS to explore the Atlantic around the Portuguese islands. I hope you all had a good start into the new academic year. I had a few weeks of summer break and now looking forward to some new work I’m planning to do until the end of the year.
Since last year a lot has happened, I changed my institute here in Lisbon, I started as a member of new projects and I got back to using receiver functions, which I haven’t done in a few years. On top of that, I was able to help at the EDI booth at EGU26 and help organise the “Seismology 101” course that took place again after a year of pausing. All the outreach and networking at the general assembly were incredible and I’m already looking forward to next year and all the hopefully many interactions with all of you at EGU27!
Hey everyone! Kira here, a fresh new member of the ECS crew!
I’m currently enjoying the Italian sun while working on my PhD in seismological and geodynamic modelling of volcanoes at the University of Padova. My passion for volcanoes was sparked during my studies in Utrecht and an internship at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. There I had the amazing opportunity to work with the geology team and assist in eruption response (read: sampling fresh lava that is falling from the sky as tephra). All of that led me to Padova, where I have been working on seismic imaging of Etna volcano, and I’m happy to say I’ll soon return to Hawai’i to try out our geophysical methods there as well! Besides research and watching volcanoes erupt, I love to be in the mountains for some good hiking or rock climbing.
I have had a great time at two EGU editions so far, especially connecting with fellow-seismologists during the ECS events. At EGU26 I first joined the ECS team which definitely added an extra dimension to my EGU experience! From now on I will be strengthening the blog editors team, so please feel free to reach out if you’d like to contribute anything. Looking forward to meet you all at EGU27!
Hi everyone, I’m Laura! I’m based in Zürich, where I started my PhD less than a year ago in the Seismic Interferometry and Imaging group at the Swiss Seismological Service. At the moment, I’m focusing on long-term seismic records from the Swiss seismic network, but I’m still very much at the beginning and excited to see where the project will take me.
Outside of seismology, I enjoy spending time outdoors, especially hiking and cycling, which Zürich is fortunately a pretty good base for.
As part of the ECS blog team, I’ll be editing contributions, reaching out to people with interesting research and stories to share, and maybe even writing a few posts myself. So, if you would like to contribute, or have someone in mind whose work we should feature, please feel free to get in touch!
Hello everyone, my name is Imme and I am a second year PhD student based at ISTerre, Grenoble. I am working on monitoring landslides with environmental seismology. In my research I try to combine seismic noise interferometry, surface deformation measurements and hydro-meteorological data to understand how mechanical properties of landslides evolve over time. The goal is to link changes in seismic velocities to environmental factors, lithology and slope destabilization processes.
I am a new member of the Seismology Early Career Scientists and I look forward to contributing! In my spare time I like to spend time in the mountains and play ultimate frisbee.
In this place can be your introduction, and, on the left hand side, your photo (now there’s beautiful Earth Interior)!
Currently we are missing team members, some are just about finish their PhD, others feel they already stay too long in the rep team.
Just write to us, contribute, share, and enjoy!
We begin our new episode full of enthusiasm, and hope to publish many interesting blogs and to be there for our EGU SM community again! – The ECS team
